Cloth sizing and drying machine



(No Model.)

N R. PARTINGTON.

CLOTH SIZING AND DRYING MACHINE. No. 519,200. Patented May 1, 1894.

N R g UNITED STATES PATENT Grimes,

CLOTH SIZ|N G AND DRYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,200, dated May 1, 1894.

Application filed April 3, 1893- .To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that L'RIOHARD PARTINGTON, of Patchogue, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth Sizing and Drying Machines; and I hereby declare that j the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in machines for filling or applying size, color, or other substances to textile fabrics.

The object of this invention is to feed the goods evenly with the filling or coating substance without pressure of any kind, thereby preventing any wear to the rolls and preserving the fabric from possible damage, also in preventing the filling substance from becoming attached to the operating'parts of the machine and thereby clogging the working. of the same.

A sectional view in the drawing.

Similar figures of reference indicate'corre ponding parts throughout.

In the drawing the number 2 indicates the side frame of the filling applying portion of the machine, 3 the side frame of the finishing or drying portion, 4 the textile fabric, 5 a guide roll, 6 the feed-rolls, 7 a cloth-carrying drum, 8 a guide roll, 9 the color or filling applying roll, this roll working in the color or filling box 10. m

- 11-l1-1l are doctors or scrapers.

12-12 are guide rolls for guiding the cloth onto and on? of the steam-drums 13-13.

14 is a weighted or heavy roll which rests on the last guide roll 15 thereby forming a nip.

16 is a slack take-up, the rolls 17-17 form a drawing nip, power being supplied thereto through the gear 18.

19 is the roll upon which the finished cloth is wound.

20 is the supply pipe by means of which cold water is supplied through branches to the rolls 7, 8, 9, 12-12 and 15 to the doctors. Therolls 7, 8 and 9 are geared together, as indicated in dotted lines, power being supplied to the roll 7 so that as the cloth is supof the machine is shown plied the rolls will revolve with the cloth thereby preventing Wear to the cloth. The

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rolls 12-12 and 15 are geared to the steam drums 13-13, as indicated by the dotted lines surrounding the same. The rolls 12-12, 15 and stgam drums 13 are driven through the power gear 21 and intermediate gears 22.

The improvement in this machine over all others consists first in supplying the rolls 7, 8 and 9 and 12-12, 15 and the doctors with cold water causing the same to sweat and thereby preventing the filling substance from becoming attached to them and causing imperfect work;second, in gearing the rolls 7 and 8 together so as to revolve with the cloth as the same passes over their surfaces thereby preventing wear to both the cloth and the rolls.

The principal parts of my improved machine are constructed and arranged as followsz-The roll 7 consists of a thin shell of metal, the journals of the roll being bored through and connected by a branch with the pipe20, th erebyadmitting a constant stream of ,cold water ;-this causes the surface of the roll to sweat as the goods pass under it, preventing lint or film adhering to it,-the cold wet surface also prevents the filling substance baking or hardening onto it. Bearing on opposite portions of the roll 7 are the tubular doctors 11 and 11, which are supported by branch connections extending from the pipe 20 through which a constant supply of cold water is furnished to the doctors. Located between the drum 8 and the system of steam drums is a third tubular doctor 11 which is supported on brackets and is also connected with. the supply pipe 20. The roll 8 is also hollow and has cold water circulating through it. The important feature of this roll is in gearing it to revolve with the roll 7 so as to carry the cloth by the frictional contact with the same, thereby preventing wear on the fabric. The hollow roll 9 is constructed with a thin shell. This shell is covered with fabric and works in the color or filling box 10. There is a circulation of cold water through this roll, causing the metal to sweat, keeping the roll moist and preventing the warm filling substance baking to it. Between the top roll 7 and the bottom shell or roll 9 is an open space or nip and the surface of the roll 9 running faster than the surface of the roll 7 the goods are fed evenly with the filling substance without pressure, thereby preventsubstance does not dry and harden on the same as was formerly the case.

The operation of the machine is as follows z-The cloth at from the roll or fold passes 1n over the roll 5 through the feed rolls 6-6 down under the roll 7, receiving the filling or color from the roll 9, thence past the doctor ll'and up over the roll 8, thence over the doctor 11 which gives the final finish to the surface, thence over and under the first roll 12, down and around the first steam-drum 13, up and over the second roll 12 to asecond, third and fourth steam drum. From the last steamdrum the cloth passes up over the roll 15 and under the roll 14, which prevents any backlash, up and between the rolls 17-17' which deliver it to the winding-up roll 19, the pivoted roll 16 resting on the cloth serving to take up any slack there may be between the rolls 14, 15 and 17, 17.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a machine for coating textile fabrics, the combination of the carrying drum and the coating roll, and means, substantially as here- 111 shown and described, for cooling and sweat- 5 ing the said drum and roll.

2. The combination, in a coating machine, of the feed rolls, the carrying drum, the guide roll, the coating roll and the doctors, the said drum, guide roll, coating roll and doctors having inlet and outlet pipes connected with them for circulating coolingliquid through the same so that during the operation the parts in contact with the fabric are being cooled and caused to sweat, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein described.

3. The combination of the feed rolls 6-6, the drum 7, the guide roll 8, the coating roll 9, the pan 10, the doctors 11-11, and the pipe 20 with its branches by means of which cold water can be conducted to the said drum, guide roll, coating roll, and doctors, substantially as herein shown and described.

1. The combination of the feed rolls 6-6, the drum 7, the guide roll 8, the coating roll 9, the pan 10, the doctors 11-11 -11 one or more steam drums 13 with a set of guide-rolls 12-12, and the pipe 20 for supplying cold water to the said drum, guide roll, coating-roll, doctors, and guide rolls 12-12, and means for revolving the said drum 7, guide-r0118, coating roll 9, steam drum or drums 13, and guide rolls 12-12, substantially as herein shown and described.

5. The combination of the feed-rolls 6-6, the drum 7, the guide roll 8, the coating roll 9, the pan 10, the doctors 11-1l'-11 the guide rolls 12-12-15, the nip roll 14:, the

steam drums 13-13, the pipe 20 connected to the several parts of the machine for the purpose described, and the take-up rolls 17-17, the said drum 7, rolls 8-9-12-12-15 and steam drum 13 being revolved substantially as herein shown and described.

RICHARD PARTINGTON.

Witnesses: I

ARINGTON H. OARMAN, JOHN T. DARE. 

